The US’s semi-transparent ETF structure arrived in the sector early last year, with a bit of a fanfare, as American Century successfully launched two ETFs using Precidian Investments’ ActiveShares methodology.
European traders are backing a 90-minute reduction in trading hours in a bid to concentrate liquidity creating more efficient markets. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Managed futures funds turned in a second consecutive monthly gain in March returning 0.32 per cent, according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. For the year to date, CTAs returned 2.29 per cent
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has announced the second year of its advance proxy voting disclosure initiative, whereby the firm will disclose and publicly explain its voting rationale on select issues. Read the full story at Institutional
Laurium Capital (Pty) Ltd (Laurium), one of South Africa’s leading hedge fund and long only fund managers has launched its first Irish-domiciled UCITS fund, the Laurium Africa USD Bond Fund, on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform. Read the full
The Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on hedge fund redemptions continued in April as the industry experienced USD38.1 billion in outflows. While a sizeable sum, the net redemption total was less than half of March’s USD85.6 billion redemption total.April’s redemptions represented 1.3
Bridgewater Associates (Bridgewater), a global leader in institutional portfolio management and the largest hedge fund in the world, has launched a new sustainable investing venture. Karen Karniol-Tambour and Carsten Stendevad will serve as Co-Chief Investment Officers (Co-CIO) for Sustainability, overseeing
Toronto Trust Management Ltd (TTML) has that, until further notice, acceptance of new subscriptions for units of Friedberg Global-Macro Hedge Fund – one of the Friedberg Alternative Mutual Funds – will be limited so as to match, as clearly as
Hedge funds that bet against Wirecard, the German e-payments firm which last week collapsed amid an apparent widespread EUR1.9 billion fraud, showed “bravery and belief” and their actions have ultimately been vindicated, according to Jack Inglis, CEO of the Alternative
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